Vibration dampener



Aug. 30, 1927. ,788

A. F. MASURY VIBRATION DAMPENER Original Filed April 2a. 1926 gvwantoz ZZZ/red FMaJazy @513 @f kp'wl-M Patented Aug. 30, 1927.

ALFRED F. MASURY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO INTERNATIONAL MOTOR COMPANY, OF YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

VIBRATION DAMPENER.

Original application filed April 23, 1926, Serial No. 104,242. Divided and this application filed November 12 1926. Serial No. 148,024.

The present application is a division of the application of Alfred F. Masury, Ser. No. 104,24.2,'filed April 23, 1926.

In the construction of motors of the modern internal combustion type, Where four,

six or more cylinders deliver power to a single crank shaft, it has been found that there exists a certain point in the speed curve 0 the motor where violent. destructive vibra- 1 tion occurs. This has presented a serious obstacle in properly mounting the motor and providing a design which insures smooth operation over the complete range of the load or speed characteristic curve.

The cause of the above vibration is the fact that at such point, or speed of operation, the power impulses imparted to the crank shaft from the individual sources, cumulate the torsional stresses set up in the crank shaft as a result of its inherent characteristics, length and oints at which such power impulses are applied, and result in a violent vibration of the entire structure. This critical point,

or harmonic vibration, is analogous to the cumulative efiect that proper periodic applications of powerto a pendulum have on its amplitude of swing. In the crank shaft this torsional vibration is highly objectionable and it is the purpose of this invention to eliminate the same and provide smooth operation over the entire range of speed.

The manner in which this is accomplished is'by providing a device which has an inertia of rotation, different for each speed, and as the motorchanges speed, it must overcome the inertia of the device. In this man- .ner, inherent oscillations will be damped'out and. the above named operation achieved.

For a more detailed description of the device reference will now be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein Figure 1 is a front sectional elevation of one form of the device taken on the section 11 of Figure 2.

Figure 2 is a side sectional elevation of the device of Figure 1 and taken on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section of'Figure 1.

In the device shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, shaft 9 carries disc h, ,secured thereto by flangei, bolts 71' and pin 5 At the periphery taken on the line 3-3 f to those on the flange and co-operating with of the disc a cylindrical flange Z is formed and at its center a. hub 71- is provided. The housing formed by the disc and, flange is closed by a face plate It.

Cylindrical flange it carries seats h? on its internal periphery and on the hub are provided seats [i radially disposed with respect the'latter. Mounted in each seat is an annulus of rubber or other resilient material j and between each opposed pair of annuli is positioned a weight k. This weight may consist of a cylindrical section supplemented by a cylindrical pin or stud k on either of the flat surfaces of the weight is. These pins or studs are received by the hollow portions of the resilient elements and, when assembled, constitute supporting means for the individual weight or inertia elements.

It will be observed that when the crank shaft is rotated, the weights will fly outwardly and compress the rubber y. The greater the speed of rotation the greater will be the inertia of the weights due to their increased distance from the center of rotation. In order that the speed of rotation be changed, this inertia must first be overcome and 1n this manner torsional vibrations are effectively damped, This is shown graphically by the comparative circles 00 and y which represent t e path of the centers of mass of the weights for two different uniform speeds of rotation of the shaft 9.

From the above it will be seen that a vibration damping device has been provided, operating on the inertia principle, which effectively eliminates the objectionable characteristics of motor operation noted abore.

What I claim is:

1. A vibration damping device comprising i a rotating member, a plurality of radially opposed seats on said member, inertia means, and yielding means mounting said inertia means between said seats.

2. A vibration damping device comprising a rotating member, a plurality of radially opposed seats on said member, inertia means, and annuli of yielding non-metallic material mounted in said seats and supporting the inertia members between opposed yielding elements.

3. A vibration dampin device comprising a rotating member, a p urality of radially opposed seats on said member, inertia means,

5 recessed blocks of yielding non-metallic material disposed within the seats, and means on the inertia means to engage the recesses in the yielding material, whereby the inertia means are secured therebetween.

4. A vibration clamping device comprising a rotating member, a hub on the member, a disc secured thereto, a cylindrical flange formed at. the periphery of the disc, seats formed on the hub, opposed seats formed on the inner surface of the flange, recessed blocks of yielding non-metallic material disposed Within the seats, inertia means, and stub shafts formed on the inertia means and received by the recesses in the yielding material, whereby the inertia means are secured therebetween.

5. A vibration damping device comprising a rotating member, a hub on the member, adisc secured thereto, a cylindrical flangeformed at the periphery of the disc, seats formed on the hub,'.opposed seats formed on the inner surface of the flange, recessed blocks of ielding non-metallic material disposed wit in the seats, a face plate to close the housing formed by the disc and flange, inertia means, and stub shafts formed on the inertia means and received by the recesses in the yielding material, whereby the inertia means are secured therebetween. I

This specification signed this 10th day of November, A. D. 1926.

ALFRED F. MASURY. 

